4A-D Latin Examination Schedule Term IV 2011 /100 marks 2 Hours QUESTION ONE: PREPARED TRANSLATION

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1 4A-D Latin Examination Schedule Term IV 2011 /100 marks 2 Hours QUESTION ONE: PREPARED TRANSLATION [15 marks] (a) Senatus Saguntinus, condicionibus auditis, contulit omne argentum aurumque ex publico privatoque in forum et repente conjecit in ignem, tum plerique senatores praecipitaverunt se in eodem. Ex eo pavor ac trepidatio totam urbem pervaserunt. Non cunctans in tali occasione, Hannibal aggressus totis viribus cepit urbem brevi. Hoc facto, imperavit ut omnes, qui possent pugnare, interficerentur. Oppidum captum est cum ingenti praeda. (b) Hoc loco, ut fama est, dux Carthaginiensis vidit juvenem divina specie in somnio. Ille nuntiavit se missum esse ab Jove, ut duceret Hannibalem in Italiam. Imperavit ut Hannibal sequeretur eum oculis clausis. Primo territus dux sequebatur juvenem diu ita ut videret nihil; postea autem, cura humani ingenii, circumspexit oculis apertis respexitque. Tum vidit post se ingentem serpentem, vastantem arbores ac proruentem caelum nimbis tempestatibusque. Each section is worth 1 mark. Deduct.5 for each mistake. Punish all recurring errors.

2 QUESTION TWO: UNPREPARED TRANSLATION [25 marks] HANNIBAL RETURNS TO CARTHAGE On the next day Hannibal withdrew his forces to the River Tutia, six miles from the city. Thereupon he commanded the entire column to march to the city of Brundisium along with the elephants. There they began to attack and to lay waste the fields and towns on all sides. He made attacks for fifteen years in fact, but he never again posed a threat to Rome herself. Many years later, the Carthaginian general was recalled to Africa by the Carthaginian Senate to defend Carthage from the Roman armies. For the youth/young Scipio, chosen as commander of the war, had brought so many legions across the sea that, after many towns were now captured and soldiers killed, he was threatening that city very seriously. Hannibal, however, left Italy most reluctantly, because he had not defeated Rome. Now he was returning as the defender of his homeland Carthage, not as the conqueror of Rome. He was angry because he understood that he had lost his chance for victory. Sighing and scarcely holding back his tears, Hannibal listened to the words of the ambassadors, who had been sent to him by his Senate. I am now ordered/have been ordered to return, he said, I, to whom the Senate was reluctant to send money, grain and reinforcements. Therefore it is not the Roman people which has defeated Hannibal, but the Carthaginian Senate, by its inconsistency and jealousy. Each section is worth 1 mark. Deduct.5 for each mistake. Punish all recurring errors. Divide the total by 2 for a final mark out of 25 (4 mistakes = 1 mark) rounding down to the nearest half or whole mark, e.g goes to 19, goes to Postero die Hannibal removit copias ad flumen Tutiam, sex milia passuum ab urbe. Inde imperavit toti agmin i ut contenderet ad urbem Brundisium cum elephantis. Ibi aggrediebatur et vastabat agros et oppida passim. Faciebat impetus q uindecim annos quidem, neque umquam rursus minabatur Romam ipsam. M ultis annis post, imperator Carthaginiensis revocatus est ad Africam a Punico senatu ut defenderet Carthaginem a b Romanis exercitibus. Nam juvenis Scipio, creatus dux belli, transportaverat tot legiones trans mare ut, multis oppidis jam captis ac militibus occisis, minaretur illam urbem gravissime. Hannibal autem reliquit Italiam invitissimus, quod non superaverat Romam. Nunc redibat defendor patriae Carthaginis, neque victor Romae. Erat iratus quod intellexit se amisisse occasionem victoriae. Gemens ac vix retinens lacrimas, Hannibal audivit verba legatorum, qui missi erant ad se a senatu suo. Ego jussus sum reverti, inquit, ego cui senatus nolebat mittere pecuniam, frumentum et auxilia. E rgo non Romanus populus vicit Hannibalem, sed Carthaginiensis senatus inconstantia atque invidia.

3 QUESTION THREE: GRAMMAR [60 marks] A. Write out the following tables: (10 marks) [a] present active indicative of eo, ire, ivi : to go [b] present active indicative of fero, ferre, tuli : to bring eo imus fero ferimus is it is fers fertis it eunt fert ferunt [c] dies, ei M., day singular plural nom. dies dies acc. diem dies gen. diei dierum dat. diei diebus abl. die diebus [d] flumen, fluminis N., river singular plural nom. flumen flumina acc. flumen flumina gen. fluminis fluminum dat. flumini fluminibus abl. flumine fluminibus [e] passus, us M., step singular plural nom. passus passus acc. passum passus gen. passus passuum dat. passui passibus abl. passu passibus Each column is worth 1 mark; deduct.5 for every mistake; punish all recurring errors. 3.

4 B. Using the verb listed below, complete the following table: (10 marks) solvo, ere, solvi, solutum : to loosen Indicative present active solvimus we loosen imperfect active solvebat he was loosening future active solvam I shall loosen perfect active solvistis you (pl.) have loosened pluperfect active solverant they had loosened future perfect active solveris you (s.) will have loosened Subjunctive present active solvam I may loosen imperfect active solveretis you (pl.) might loosen perfect active solverit he may have loosened pluperfect active solvissemus we might have loosened present passive solvuntur they are loosened imperfect passive solvebamur we were being loosened future passive solveris you (s.) will be loosened perfect passive solutus sum I have been loosened pluperfect passive soluti eratis you (pl.) had been loosened future perfect passive soluta erit she will have been loosened present passive solvamini you (pl.) may be loosened imperfect passive solverer I might be loosened perfect passive solutum sit it may have been loosened pluperfect passive soluti essent they might have been loosened 4.

5 C. Answer the following theory questions: (10 marks) 1. What are the present imperatives (sing. and pl.) of regredior, i, regressus sum? regredere 2. What does absolute mean with regards to an ablative absolute? regredimini nothing in the ablative absolute phrase is referred to in the main clause 3. How do you determine which tense of the infinitive to use in a reported statement? go back to the tense of the original statement 4. Explain in full the sequence of tenses (what it is, and how it works). (3 marks) the sequence of tenses means that the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause is defined by the tense of the verb in the main clause (1 mark) for primary sequence, the main clause verb must be: present, future, perfect with have, future perfect, imperative (1 mark) for secondary sequence, the main clause verb must be: imperfect, perfect without have, pluperfect (1 mark) 5. What is the masculine genitive plural of the present participle of eo, ire? 6. What are TWO differences between consecutive clauses and other ut clauses? euntium.5 each for any two of: no sequence of tenses (follow same tense as English) conjunction is ut; ut non is allowed 7. What is the 2 nd pers. pl. fut. act. indic. form of nolo, nolle? What is the 1 st pers. sing. pres. act. subj. form of malo, malle? 8. Who loves whom in the following sentence? can t use se/suus, a, um noletis malim Miles dicit ejus sororem se amare. someone else s sister loves the soldier 5.

6 D. Translate the following sentences, and then identify and explain the grammar of the bold word(s). (15 marks) 1. Senatores dixerunt nos finem belli duobus mensibus visuros esse. The senators said that we would see the end of the war within two months. (1 mark) identification: (case & number) explanation: (case) ablative plural (1 mark) ablative of time within which (1 mark) 2. Equites hostibus diutissime resistent ut omnes cives fugiant. The cavalry will withstand the enemy for a very long time for all the citizens to flee. identification: (tense & mood) explanation: (tense & construction) present subjunctive purpose clause in 1 sequence 3. Tam celer erat equus nuntii ut urbi ante noctem appropinquaverit. So swift was the messenger s horse that it drew near the city before night. identification: (case & number) explanation: (case) dative singular dative verb 4. Adeo impetum veretur rex ut plurimos custodes conducturus sit. The king fears an attack so much that he will hire very many guards. identification: (tense & mood) explanation: (tense & construction) future subjunctive consecutive clause; same tense as English 5. Progressis decem milia passuum, tamen dux imperavit ut iter totam noctem facerent. Although they had advanced ten miles, nevertheless the general ordered them to march for the whole night. identification: (tense & mood) explanation: (tense & construction) imperfect subjunctive reported command in 2 sequence 6.

7 E. Translate FIVE out of SEVEN of the following sentences. (You MAY attempt more than five if you wish.) (15 marks) 1. The countryside is so beautiful that I don t want to live in the city. Tam pulchrum est rus ut in urbe habitare nolim. 2. The scout informed the commander that the enemy had already crossed the bridge. Explorator ducem certiorem fecit hostes [trans] pontem jam transgressi esse / transiisse. 3. When all the money was spent, my wife told me not to come back to the house. Omni pecunia soluta, [mea] uxor me vetuit ad villam revenire / redire / reverti. Omni pecunia soluta, [mea] uxor mihi imperavit ne ad villam revenirem. 4. Promising to send a letter to his mum every day, the son set off to war. Filius, pollicitus se ad matrem / matri epistulam cotidie missurum esse, ad bellum profectus est. 5. I have never seen so many stars in the sky, Marcus Let us try to count them Numquam tot stellas in caelo vidi / conspexi, Marce Conemur eas numerare 6. Upon breaking his sword, the gladiator begged that he be given another. Gladio fracto, gladiator oravit ut alium sibi daretur. 7. The farmer bought more chickens so that he would have more eggs than his neighbour. Agricola plures pullos emit quo plura ova quam vicinus / vicino haberet. finis. 7.